Portrait of Hong Ra-hee

Rank #268

Hong Ra-hee

Net worth $11.9B

Samsung · South Korea

Born
Jul 15, 1945
Age
80
Source
Samsung
Residence
Seoul
Citizenship
South Korea
Marital status
Widowed
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Seoul National University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Hong Ra-hee is the widow of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who had long been South Korea's richest person before his death in 2020.
  • She was the director of the Samsung Museum of Art, known as Leeum, and the Ho-Am Art Museum before her resignation in 2017.
  • Hong is an arts graduate of Seoul National University, and both museums contain collections from her father-in-law, Samsung founder Lee Byung-Chull.
  • Her father was chairman of one of Korea's largest daily newspapers, JoongAng Ilbo, which is now run by her nephew.
  • One of her brothers, Hong Seok-joh, is the chairman of Korea's biggest convenience-store chain.

Financial assets

Exchange Ticker Company Shares Price Currency